United States Third Circuit

A sentence for drug-related offenses is vacated where the district court improperly enhanced defendant's sentence under 21 U.S.C. section 841(b)(1)(B) by considering a juvenile adjudication of delinquency under Pennsylvania law to be a -prior conviction.-

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/20/2006
• Published 10/20/2006

Judges

• Before SCIRICA, Chief Judge, SLOVITER and BARRY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey G. Velander, Esq., Stroudsburg, PA, Counsel for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Todd K. Hinkley, Esq., Office of the United States Attorney, Scranton, PA, Counsel for Appellee.